Why did I love this book?
I love South Florida. The author is witty, and this book is based in the Everglades. The characters are fun, larger than life, and hold true to native Floridians, as the characters do dumb things.
It has nostalgic references as well as today’s social media influences. Readers will laugh at this book and ask themselves, can people really be that stupid?
As the author writes, this is Florida, after all! It’s just a fun book.
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Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times bestselling author and actual Florida Man Dave Barry returns with a Florida caper full of oddballs and more twists and turns than a snake slithering away from a gator.
Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her ex-boyfriend, a wannabe reality TV star who turned out to be a lot prettier on the outside than on the inside. Broke and desperate for a way out, Jesse stumbles across a long-lost treasure, which could solve all her problems—if she can figure out how to keep it.…